SOC 15-2031 · Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Operations Research Analysts

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$88,940

U.S. median hourly wage$42.76

U.S. employment108,510

Nationally, operations research analysts earned a median of $88,940 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 108,510 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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Operations Research Analysts: pay and employment by state
State
Colorado	$129,880	$62.44	770	0.3
Virginia	$129,460	$62.24	6,980	1.7
Alabama	$115,630	$55.59	550	0.3
New York	$108,610	$52.22	5,890	0.6
Ohio	$103,620	$49.82	2,600	0.5
Idaho	$103,600	$49.81	500	0.6
Oregon	$102,170	$49.12	2,710	1.4
California	$102,100	$49.09	10,620	0.6
Delaware	$101,070	$48.59	660	1.4
Hawaii	$100,600	$48.37	120	0.2
Maine	$99,460	$47.82	220	0.3
Nebraska	$98,300	$47.26	330	0.3
Washington	$98,030	$47.13	3,050	0.9
Maryland	$97,410	$46.83	4,710	1.7
North Carolina	$97,290	$46.78	2,520	0.5
Connecticut	$96,700	$46.49	950	0.6
Massachusetts	$96,500	$46.39	4,200	1.2
District of Columbia	$96,030	$46.17	2,250	3.2
Minnesota	$95,550	$45.94	1,240	0.4
Mississippi	$92,310	$44.38	120	0.1
Kansas	$92,050	$44.26	Not published	Not published
Texas	$90,710	$43.61	11,890	0.8
Utah	$90,200	$43.37	810	0.5
Illinois	$89,800	$43.17	5,180	0.8
Vermont	$89,790	$43.17	170	0.5
Alaska	$88,750	$42.67	70	0.2
Nevada	$86,500	$41.59	370	0.2
Indiana	$85,280	$41.00	1,380	0.4
Kentucky	$83,850	$40.31	660	0.3
Michigan	$83,480	$40.13	980	0.2
North Dakota	$82,460	$39.65	130	0.3
Iowa	$80,580	$38.74	300	0.2
Montana	$80,400	$38.66	150	0.3
New Mexico	$80,360	$38.63	510	0.6
South Carolina	$80,240	$38.58	1,380	0.6
Pennsylvania	$79,640	$38.29	3,220	0.5
Rhode Island	$77,910	$37.46	360	0.7
Florida	$77,600	$37.31	9,120	0.9
Tennessee	$76,680	$36.87	1,200	0.4
Georgia	$76,220	$36.64	4,600	0.9
Arizona	$75,470	$36.28	2,600	0.8
Wisconsin	$71,820	$34.53	4,270	1.5
West Virginia	$64,100	$30.82	200	0.3
Louisiana	$63,210	$30.39	550	0.3
Missouri	$62,380	$29.99	1,190	0.4
Oklahoma	$61,520	$29.58	1,840	1.1
Arkansas	$59,030	$28.38	210	0.2
Puerto Rico	$57,000	$27.40	50	0.1
New Hampshire	Not published	Not published	290	0.4
New Jersey	Not published	Not published	3,280	0.8

Pay by metro area

All 190 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

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Operations Research Analysts: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Colorado Springs, CO	$140,590	$67.59	170	0.5
Lexington Park, MD	$135,300	$65.05	390	5.5
Huntsville, AL	$132,000	$63.46	350	1.3
Peoria, IL	$129,300	$62.16	130	0.8
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$127,810	$61.45	490	0.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$127,600	$61.35	8,080	2.6
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$123,360	$59.31	920	0.8
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$122,570	$58.93	410	1.1
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$119,020	$57.22	80	0.2
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	$118,810	$57.12	80	0.9
York-Hanover, PA	$117,740	$56.61	30	0.2
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$115,920	$55.73	240	1.9
Las Cruces, NM	$114,150	$54.88	130	1.6
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$114,070	$54.84	470	0.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$110,560	$53.15	2,050	0.9
Richmond, VA	$109,650	$52.72	1,020	1.5
New Haven, CT	$109,540	$52.66	80	0.3
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$109,110	$52.46	50	0.1
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$106,380	$51.14	4,270	1.1
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$105,570	$50.76	60	0.3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$105,360	$50.65	410	0.4
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$105,180	$50.57	1,360	1.0
Columbus, OH	$104,970	$50.47	670	0.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$104,680	$50.33	50	0.5
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$104,640	$50.31	220	0.7
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$104,220	$50.11	340	0.9
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$104,210	$50.10	510	0.5
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$103,110	$49.57	6,890	0.7
Roanoke, VA	$102,930	$49.49	50	0.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$102,930	$49.49	2,110	1.0
Omaha, NE-IA	$102,900	$49.47	240	0.5
Wichita, KS	$102,880	$49.46	140	0.4
Portland-South Portland, ME	$102,860	$49.45	100	0.3
Ogden, UT	$102,730	$49.39	100	0.4
Akron, OH	$102,670	$49.36	80	0.2
Salem, OR	$102,520	$49.29	150	0.8
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$102,480	$49.27	2,100	1.7
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$101,900	$48.99	130	0.3
Fresno, CA	$101,780	$48.93	130	0.3
Cleveland, OH	$101,560	$48.83	330	0.3
Corvallis, OR	$101,440	$48.77	70	1.9
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$100,700	$48.42	3,420	1.3
Urban Honolulu, HI	$100,600	$48.37	110	0.2
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$100,460	$48.30	1,700	0.6
Midland, TX	$100,390	$48.27	70	0.6
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$99,630	$47.90	90	0.3
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$99,560	$47.87	230	0.4
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$99,230	$47.71	1,280	0.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$98,270	$47.25	3,480	0.6
Warner Robins, GA	$97,970	$47.10	130	1.7
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$97,450	$46.85	50	0.2
Salinas, CA	$97,410	$46.83	40	0.2
Boise City, ID	$97,010	$46.64	260	0.7
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$95,810	$46.06	100	0.2
Tucson, AZ	$95,620	$45.97	110	0.3
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$95,450	$45.89	1,140	0.6
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$95,380	$45.86	160	0.6
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$94,710	$45.53	550	0.9
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$94,440	$45.40	2,350	1.7
Bend, OR	$94,350	$45.36	60	0.5
Charlottesville, VA	$93,290	$44.85	40	0.4
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$91,980	$44.22	40	0.3
Killeen-Temple, TX	$90,000	$43.27	120	0.8
Birmingham, AL	$89,940	$43.24	100	0.2
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$89,790	$43.17	90	0.8
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$89,670	$43.11	80	0.2
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$88,910	$42.75	120	0.5
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$88,190	$42.40	1,600	1.2
Worcester, MA	$87,420	$42.03	200	0.6
Lawrence, KS	$87,380	$42.01	40	0.8
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$87,050	$41.85	260	0.2
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	$86,910	$41.79	240	2.3
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$86,660	$41.66	640	0.6
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$86,510	$41.59	470	0.3
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$86,500	$41.59	3,680	0.8
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$86,380	$41.53	2,500	0.8
Spartanburg, SC	$86,380	$41.53	100	0.6
Syracuse, NY	$86,040	$41.36	90	0.3
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$85,840	$41.27	580	0.7
Kansas City, MO-KS	$85,380	$41.05	Not published	Not published
Rochester, NY	$84,980	$40.86	170	0.3
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$84,590	$40.67	120	0.4
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$84,500	$40.63	600	4.6
Ann Arbor, MI	$84,290	$40.53	130	0.6
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$84,140	$40.45	430	1.0
Fargo, ND-MN	$84,130	$40.45	80	0.5
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$83,820	$40.30	80	0.2
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$83,630	$40.21	220	0.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$83,410	$40.10	190	0.5
Vallejo, CA	$83,340	$40.07	40	0.3
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$83,120	$39.96	180	0.3
Pittsburgh, PA	$82,560	$39.69	430	0.4
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$82,500	$39.66	100	0.4
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$82,290	$39.56	40	0.2
Utica-Rome, NY	$81,600	$39.23	90	0.8
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$81,590	$39.22	530	0.3
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$81,540	$39.20	60	0.2
Eugene-Springfield, OR	$81,530	$39.20	120	0.8
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$81,530	$39.20	280	0.4
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$81,220	$39.05	130	0.4
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$80,870	$38.88	250	0.7
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$80,570	$38.74	90	0.6
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$80,530	$38.72	30	0.1
Helena, MT	$80,400	$38.66	100	2.3
Toledo, OH	$80,360	$38.64	30	0.1
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$80,300	$38.60	120	0.3
Modesto, CA	$80,240	$38.58	80	0.4
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	$79,940	$38.44	290	1.5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$79,940	$38.44	1,940	1.3
Port St. Lucie, FL	$79,920	$38.43	70	0.4
Lancaster, PA	$79,890	$38.41	40	0.2
College Station-Bryan, TX	$79,870	$38.40	80	0.6
Lubbock, TX	$79,790	$38.36	60	0.4
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$79,660	$38.30	60	0.9
Columbia, SC	$79,560	$38.25	300	0.8
Jacksonville, FL	$79,250	$38.10	1,120	1.5
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$79,190	$38.07	1,880	0.8
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$79,140	$38.05	450	0.4
Montgomery, AL	$78,410	$37.70	30	0.2
Tyler, TX	$78,240	$37.62	70	0.6
Naples-Marco Island, FL	$78,060	$37.53	70	0.4
Waco, TX	$77,970	$37.49	30	0.3
Winston-Salem, NC	$77,910	$37.46	50	0.2
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$77,900	$37.45	400	0.6
Cedar Rapids, IA	$77,850	$37.43	40	0.3
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$77,730	$37.37	50	0.3
Lincoln, NE	$77,570	$37.30	50	0.3
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$77,510	$37.27	3,250	1.1
Bloomington, IL	$76,890	$36.97	60	0.7
Visalia, CA	$76,510	$36.79	30	0.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$76,400	$36.73	1,910	0.7
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$75,990	$36.53	910	0.6
Madison, WI	$75,650	$36.37	880	2.2
Savannah, GA	$75,340	$36.22	70	0.3
Abilene, TX	$75,310	$36.21	40	0.5
Medford, OR	$75,110	$36.11	40	0.5
Albuquerque, NM	$75,000	$36.06	250	0.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$74,850	$35.98	1,310	1.6
Sheboygan, WI	$74,420	$35.78	50	0.7
Columbus, GA-AL	$74,210	$35.68	80	0.7
Reno, NV	$74,110	$35.63	50	0.2
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$73,280	$35.23	250	0.6
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$73,260	$35.22	50	0.2
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$72,890	$35.04	1,290	1.1
Gainesville, FL	$72,800	$35.00	60	0.4
Springfield, MA	$72,800	$35.00	190	0.9
El Paso, TX	$72,740	$34.97	130	0.4
Tulsa, OK	$72,680	$34.94	80	0.2
Appleton, WI	$72,630	$34.92	100	0.8
Lexington-Fayette, KY	$72,500	$34.86	140	0.5
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$71,680	$34.46	180	0.7
Wausau, WI	$71,610	$34.43	60	0.8
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	$68,270	$32.82	Not published	Not published
Fort Wayne, IN	$68,010	$32.70	100	0.4
Santa Fe, NM	$67,480	$32.44	60	1.0
Green Bay, WI	$67,340	$32.38	340	1.9
Salisbury, MD	$67,160	$32.29	50	0.9
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$66,860	$32.14	80	1.0
Amarillo, TX	$66,020	$31.74	40	0.3
Athens-Clarke County, GA	$66,000	$31.73	30	0.3
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$65,760	$31.62	30	0.2
Charleston, WV	$65,440	$31.46	80	0.7
Janesville-Beloit, WI	$65,240	$31.37	60	0.9
Topeka, KS	$65,230	$31.36	60	0.5
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$64,990	$31.25	160	1.7
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$64,610	$31.06	50	0.2
St. Louis, MO-IL	$63,650	$30.60	900	0.7
Springfield, IL	$63,620	$30.59	50	0.5
Springfield, OH	$63,620	$30.59	Not published	Not published
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$63,520	$30.54	50	0.5
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$63,520	$30.54	40	0.6
Baton Rouge, LA	$63,210	$30.39	360	0.9
Columbia, MO	$62,830	$30.21	30	0.3
Eau Claire, WI	$62,630	$30.11	110	1.2
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$62,540	$30.07	80	0.3
Kenosha, WI	$62,210	$29.91	60	0.8
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$61,010	$29.33	50	0.2
Ocala, FL	$60,730	$29.20	30	0.3
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$60,160	$28.92	100	0.3
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$59,470	$28.59	Not published	Not published
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$56,880	$27.35	Not published	Not published
Macon-Bibb County, GA	$56,390	$27.11	90	1.0
Oklahoma City, OK	$53,730	$25.83	1,670	2.5
Tallahassee, FL	$46,570	$22.39	400	2.1
Anchorage, AK	Not published	Not published	50	0.3
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	Not published	Not published	40	0.2
Boulder, CO	Not published	Not published	50	0.3
Knoxville, TN	Not published	Not published	190	0.5
Manchester-Nashua, NH	Not published	Not published	90	0.4
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	Not published	Not published	330	1.4

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.